X-Files Favorite Episodes: Season 3

A month is left before the release of the long awaited sequel X-Files:I Want To Believe.In order to remember some of the show's best moments,i'll post each week my favorite X-Files episodes, from season one to season nine.Each post will have plot summaries and videos (trailers and clips, except from some season 1-2 episodes).The truth is still out there!
Mulder and Scully return on July 25.



Season 3

Episode 2 (51) "Paper Clip" (Written by Chris Carter, Directed by Rob Bowman)
Mulder and Scully search for answers regarding the old photograph with his father and other unnamed men. Their search takes them to the abandoned Strughold Mining Facility where they uncover a dangerous secret.



Episode 9 (58) "Nisei" (Written by Chris Carter, Howard Gordon & Frank Spotnitz Directed by David Nutter)

A mail order videotape of an alien autopsy blossoms into a much more complicated investigation when Mulder and Scully find the distributor of the tape murdered in his own home apparently by a high-ranking Japanese diplomat. While Mulder’s search for the video leads him to a train car, Scully investigates a Mutual UFO Network group and discovers several women who claim to know her.

Episode 10 (59) "731" (Written by Frank Spotnitz, Directed by Rob Bowman)

Scully takes X’s advice to heart and investigates more into the implant she removed from her neck. Mulder, having ignored the advice given him, finds himself trapped on the train with a Japanese scientist and the man sent to kill him.



Episode 12 (61) "War of the Coprophages" (Written by Darin Morgan, Directed by Kim Manners)

A small town is plagued by deaths in which the bodies are found covered in cockroaches. Working from home, Scully has scientific explanations for all of them but Mulder - at the crime scene with an attractive bug expert - suspects the insects may not be organic, or earthly.



Episode 17 (66) "Pusher" (Written by Vince Gilligan, Directed by Rob Bowman)

Agents Mulder and Scully’s assistance is requested for a case involving a man seemingly capable of bending people to his will. The suspect uses his mysterious abilities to manipulate Agent Mulder into a dangerous end game.